Window-shade-roller mounting.



J. FEHRER. WINDOW SHADE ROLLER MOUNTING. APPLICATION FILED AUG.21, 1913.

1,165,769. Patented Dec.28,1915.

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JOSEPH FEHRER, OF FORT WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

WINDOW-SHADE-ROLLEB MOUNTING.

j lfig'jflfig; Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. August 21, 1918.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Josnrn Fin-mun, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Washington, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ll indowhade-Roller Mountings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in mountings for window shade rollers.

Among the several objects of the invention, one of the most improved objects is to provide a mounting which can be clamped on the window frame'in such a manner as to avoid defacement of visible portions of the frame, and splitting of the same, by entrance of fastening screws therein.

A further object is to provide a structure in which a wide range of adjustment will be afforded so that shades of any appreciable width, with respect to the width of the window, and within reasonable limits, can be mounted without alteration of the shade and the shade roller.

Other features and objects of the invention will be more fully described in connection with the accompanying drawing, and will be more particularly pointed out and ascertained in and by the appended claim.

In the drawing :Figure 1 is a view in elevation of one upper corner of a window frame showing one form of the device of my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one portion of a clamp structure. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of another portion thereof. Fig. 4: is a sectional view on line H of Fig. 1.

Like characters of reference designate similar parts throughout the different figures of the drawing.

As shown, 1 designates the upper corner of a window frame, and 2 designates a clamp structure which may comprise a strip 3 having prongs 4 on one end thereof, and a bearing portion 5 on the other end thereof. In the specific form shown, I have illustrated the application of the clamp in an inclined positiombut I do not wish to be limited to this particular application. As

' applied, however, the prongs 4 are bent on the dotted line indications 6, so that the prongs can be inserted into the outer faces 7 of the window frame to secure the upper end of the clamp structure or bar. The lower end thereof may be secured by a triangulanshaped clamp block or member 8 Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

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having the general conformation of the inner margins 9 of the frame 1, at the corner thereof. Fastening prongs 10 may be provided on the block 8 for insertion into the window frame. Adjustable means such as a screw 11 has threaded connection in a threaded opening 12 in the bearing portion 5, and the end of the screw 11 engages a socket formed in the block 8, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

A shade mount may be fixed upon the clam structure at any desirable oint alone: the len th thereof, and one of the obiects of this particular disposition of the clamp structure is that it affords a considerable area of surface along which the shade mount may be secured to position the latter at an longitudinal or vertical point with respect to the window frame.

The shade mount may comprise a sheet metal strip 13, having its margins 14: bent over to form grooved ways. The shade mount may be secured to the clamp by means of rivets 15, or if desired, adjustable securing means may be provided. However, in ordinary cases, the shade mount can be positioned at the desired elevation so as to permit of a permanent anchorage.

A shade bearing is provided which may be in the form of a slide having a base portion 16 fitting in the guide wavs 14:, and an upstanding bearing member 17 for the spindle of the shade. The openings in the bearing members 17 on opposite sides will be shaped to correspond with square or cylindrical spindles of the shade in the usual manner. The shade bearing slide is adjustably anchored in position, in the present construction, by providing a screw 18 in the base 16 which is adapted to enter a plurality of intended portions 19 in the guide mount. Thus it will be seen that any longitudinal adjustment of the shade slide may be effected and the adjustment secured against displacement in a ready manner.

While I have herein shown and described the device of the invention incorporated in a two-part structure, namely, a clamp structure and a shade mount, the latter having an adjustable shade bearing, it will be seen that broadly considered, the invention may consist in clamp mounting means adapted to be gripped upon a window frame and having an adjustable shade bearing thereon, thus while I have herein shown and described one specific form. of my invention,

I do not Wish to be limited thereto eXcept for such limitations as the claim may import.

I claim: a

A shade mounting comprising a flat clamping strip having means on one end so disposed as to grip the anguiarly disposed edge faces of a corner of a window frame, the opposite end of said strip bent at an angle to the main portion thereof and having an opening therethrough, a Wedgeshaped clamping block having a threaded stem running therefrom and passing through said opening in said angularly bent portion in said clamping stripfprongs on said clamping block, said block arranged to engage the inner faces of a corner of a WindoW frame and adjustable relative to said strip by means of said stem in said opening, a second strip carried by said first mentioned strip, and shade mounting means on said second mentioned strip.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two vWitnesses.

JOSEPH FEHRER. Witnesses:

SAML. YEAKLE, DAVID JyDavnis.

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